White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders downplayed a New York Times story as “uncorroborated” while a Justice Department official denied any change of policy or program in how it handles civil rights cases.

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The Times reported Tuesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is preparing to redirect limited civil rights division resources toward investigating and suing colleges that deemed to discriminate against white applicants.

The story was based on an internal job posting seeking lawyers to work on “investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions.”

The Trump Administration took issue with the leak and the assumption it would be defending white applicants.

“The New York Times article is based entirely on uncorroborated inferences from a leaked internal personnel posting in violation of Department of Justice policy,” Sanders told reporters. “While the White House does not confirm or deny the existence of potential investigations, the Department of Justice will always review credible allegations of discrimination on the basis of any race.”

The Supreme Court in 2003 upheld the use of race as one factor in public college admissions. But the court drew some parameters on affirmative action by striking down a system that awarded extra points to minority undergraduate applicants to the University of Michigan.